The Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group (BBCAG) meets on the third Tuesday of the month from 7  to 9 p.m. at the Brisbane Community Center 250 Visitacion Avenue, 1st Floor  Brisbane, CA 94005.

We cordially invite you to attend and add input (questions, comments, thoughts) into our ongoing discussion.

Mission Statement:
The purpose of the Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group ( BCCAG) is to provide an open forum and community based input from the communities of Brisbane, Daly City and San Francisco and to advise the agencies charged with the remediation actions on three contiguous sites commonly referred to as the Brisbane Baylands.

DEFINITION OF THE BBCAG:
The Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group (BCCAG) is a group of volunteer individuals who represent the composition, diversity and interest of the local community. The BCCAG provides an opportunity for all affected and interested community members to openly learn, discuss, and provide advice to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding environmental cleanup activities at the Brisbane Baylands sites. The Brisbane Baylands sites include the Southern Pacific Brisbane Operable Unit 1 (OU1), the Southern Pacific Brisbane Operable Unite 2 (OU2), and the Brisbane Landfill sites. DTSC is the lead regulatory agency for OU1. The Water Board is the lead regulatory agency for OU2 and the Brisbane Landfill. The BBCAG is seeking new volunteers. 

TO JOIN THE BBCAG:
The BCCAG is looking for representatives from the local business community; environmental organizations; and citizen/civic groups in Brisbane, Daly City and San Francisco.

If you are interested in serving, please come to the next meeting meet with the BCCAG members. Click here to download an application.

For membership information, contact BBCAG Chairperson,
Cris Hart by e-mail: bbcag@bbcag.com.

 

 

  

Meeting Agendas, Summaries and Presentations

Date Agendas/Minutes/Packets Presentations Given at Meeting
2010

 

  
Oct 19, 2010
7 p.m. .
  • Agenda
  • Draft Minutes
 Election of New Secretary
Sept 21, 2010
7 p.m. . 		Election of New Secretary - Quorum not present
July 20, 2010
7 p.m. .

Workshop with Brownfield Partners
Meeting at Community Center 250 Visitacion Avenue, Lower Floor.

June 15, 2010
7 p.m. .

Meeting at Community Center 250 Visitacion Avenue, Lower Floor.

May 18, 2010
7 p.m. .

Meeting at Community Center 250 Visitacion Avenue, Lower Floor.

Apr 20, 2010
7 p.m. .

Meeting at Community Center 250 Visitacion Avenue, Lower Floor.

Mar 16, 2010
7 p.m. .

Meeting at Community Center 250 Visitacion Avenue, Lower Floor.

1st meeting of new officers!

 

Feb 17, 2010
7:15 p.m.

Meeting at
Mission Blue Center
475 Mission Blue Dr.

Election of 2-year term for Chair and Secretary

Presentation by DTSC re: Vapor Intrusion

MEETING STARTS AT 7:15 AND WILL BE HELD AT MISSION BLUE CENTER 475 MISSION BLUE DRIVE, BRISBANE

Jan 20, 2010

Election of 2-year term for Chair and Secretary

Presentation by Lenny Siegel re: Vapor Intrusion

     
2009

WISHING YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY

 THE BBCAG WILL MEET AGAIN JANUARY 19, 2010
Nov 17, 2009

Vic Pal WRCE, SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Topic: Landfill Leachate Management Plan.

Oct 20, 2009 Dr. Ron Oremland will make a presentation on Arsenic.  The Railyard is contaminated with lead arsenate.
Sept 15, 2009 Packet for 9/15/09 Meeting inclues Updated What We Know living document. Click here for document
July 21, 2009 Discussion What Do We Know and What Do We Need To Know?
An Evolving Process,  Emphasis OU-2
June 16,, 2009

Two Presentations
Contamination- Remediation Update Operable Unit OU-2, A Regulator’s Perspective
Speaker: Vic Pal, WRCE, SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board

Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Public Participation Update  OU-1
Speaker: Wayne Hagen, Department of Toxic Substances Control

May 19,, 2009

Discussion What Do We Know and What Do We Need To Know?
An Evolving Process,  Emphasis OU-2


Apr.21, 2009

Update on Baylands EIR Process & Schedule
Presenter: Clay Holstine, Brisbane City Manager handouts: Letter addressed to BBCAG signed by City Manager Clay Holstine and 3/31/09 Notice of Start of Demolition of Schlage Lock Site Update (OU-1)

Mar. 17, 2009

Update on Brisbane Landfill - Discussion: Determining What We Know
Presenter: Steve Hanson, General Manager and UPC Representative
Of Interest: Environmental Engineering Peer Review. Baylands Remediation Effort. November2, 2005 for the City of Brisbane by Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.

Feb. 17, 2009

A Brisbane Landfill Characterization Study; Presentation by Richard Haughey, PE, Solid Waste Practice Leader, Golder Associates.

Jan. 20, 2009

Pier 94, San Francisco Wetlands Restoration
Presenter: Noreen Weeden, Chair, S.F. Conservation Committee Golden Gate Audubon Society

2008    
Dec. 2 Workshop Presented by Universal Paragon
Nov. 18

“Public Trust Doctrine”. Click here for sixteen slide power point presentation. Presenter: Mario DeBernardo, Staff Counsel of the
California State Lands Commission
E-mail with Responses to Questions asked at meeting.

Oct.. 21

 

 “Status of the Application for A Specific Plan for The Baylands & An Environmental Impact Report Process Review” click here for presentation slides by John Swiecki,  Principal Planner, City of Brisbane. Summary of presentation: The City of Brisbane’s process in considering the future development of the Baylands includes three elements.  The first is a community education component, to introduce to the community a range of planning issues which are relevant to future planning efforts.  The second element is the formal specific plan review process, which includes the preparation of an environmental impact report (EIR).  While many of the procedural and informational requirements of an EIR are set forth in state law (the California Environmental Quality Act), the city has taken the unusual step of committing to develop and study a community-based alternative in the EIR at the same level of detail as the developer’s proposal.  The community-based process of developing this alternative is underway, and EIR preparation will be completed once an alternative is selected by the City Council.  The third element involves regional coordination, which relates to issues extending beyond the project boundaries, such as transportation and traffic, drainage, and contamination.  Regional coordination also involves understanding the implications of development proposed nearby in San Francisco which will impact the Baylands.
Sept. 16 Will Travis, Executive Director of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission gave an informative presentation to the BBCAG. Following is a brief synopsis of Mr. Travis' presentation on Brisbane Lagoon and the Baylands Opinions & Recommendations, please click here to view the corresponding slides (Adobe PDF). Summary of presenation:San Francisco Bay is the largest estuary on the west coast of the American continents. When the California gold rush began in 1849, the Bay covered 787 square miles. But the Bay was shallow; two-thirds of it was less than 12 feet deep. The unfortunate result was that as the new State of California began to grow, the Bay began to shrink. By the middle of the 20th century, the size of the Bay had been reduced by one-third, and 239 square miles of low-lying filled land surrounded the Bay. One of the most publicized impacts of global warming is a predicted acceleration of sea level rise. This increase would increase the historic rate of sea level rise, which between 1900 and 2000, raised the level of the Bay waters by seven inches. As a result, water levels in San Francisco Bay could rise an additional one meter by the end of this century and inundate over 200 square miles of low-lying shoreline property and over $100 billion worth of public and private development. Over the past year, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) has taken the initiative to formulate a broad outline of a comprehensive strategy for addressing climate change and adapting to sea level rise in the Bay region. Will Travis, the Commission¹s executive director, is providing a presentation to the public so that all interested parties can be aware of the ideas expressed in BCDC¹s suggestions for a regional strategy and have an opportunity to engage in a thoughtful discussion on the critical issue of how government, businesses, the academic community, community organizations and the general public can most productively work together to address global warming in the Bay Area.

Aug. 19

Update on Schlage Lock and OU1 contamination and clean-up proposal  presented by DTSC and UPC   at the Public Baylands BBCAG Meeting

Information on the EIR Process presented at the "Public Baylands CAG Meeting 1/15/08 Meeting. Adobe PDF version

Information on the EIR Process presented at the "Public Baylands CAG Meeting 1/15/08 Meeting. Power Point version

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June 17 Meeting Cancelled - No quorum
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Since 2005 when the Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group was created, we have met monthly. To date our activities and accomplishments, include :

  1. Commented and endorsed a proposed temporary remediation and re-vegetation of the North Ditch for the Regional Water Quality Control Board;

  2. .Brought the Bay Conservation & Development Commission and the State Lands Commission to speak about their regulatory roles and how they relate to the Baylands;

  3. Commissioned and received a Study Characterizing the Brisbane Landfill;

  4. Provided comments in Nov 2008 to the City of Brisbane for the EIR process on Baylands Specific Plan;

  5. Adopted By-Laws;

  6. Leachate Management Plan - Comments to Regional Quality Board;

  7. Comments to Proposed Remedial Action Plan for the Regional;

  8. Quality Board in regards to the Kinder Morgan Petrolium Distribution Facility (Tank Farm); and

  9. Input on Kinder Morgan Petrolium Distribution Facility (Tank Farm) Remedial Action Plan.

We serve as a public participation component to the regulatory process, previously lacking under the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s jurisdiction.  We notify and attend community meetings in each other’s jurisdictions and have supported the production of a remediation summit focused on groundwater issues that may be associated with climate change.

 

Click here for larger photo of Baylands Vicinity Map

  
   

Scheduled Meetings for 2010 - All meetings are at the Community Center 250 Visitacion Avenuue, Lower Floor in Brisbane.

  • January 19
    Election of Chair and Secretary
  • February 17 WEDNEDAY
  • March 16
  • April 20
  • May 18
  • June 15
  • July 20
  • August - No Meeting
  • September 21
  • October 19
  • November 16
  • December - No Meeting

Schematic Drawing of Brisbane Baylands

Click here for a large Baylands Vicinity Map

Click here to download a copy of the Baylands Vicinity Map

 

Aerial Photo of Brisbane Baylands

  
 
 
           
Aerial Photo of Baylands OU1 OU2 and Landfill Schematic Drawing of OU1 OU2 and Landfill